Honestly, I'm thankful for these threads because my first naive take was fucking dumb and this forced me to confront that. I thought the 'I identify as a comedian" comment was at least funnier (and my naive assumption was that it was thereby more appropriate) until I realized it's wrong on exactly the same basis as the basis by which Lindsay is being criticized. The only reason she's being criticized in this way is she's a somewhat pubic figure taken to reflect vaguely liberal and/or leftist attitudes and we generally expect these people to be more accountable or virtuous. And this doesn't erase her virtue it just presents her with a situation where the appropriate thing to do is acknowledge some degree of responsibility. Ignorance can be partly exculpatory but it cannot do all of the work.
